I stand with Archbishop Schnurr

Fr. Martin Fox reports that our very own Archbishop Schnurr is being “targeted” by the LGBT syndicate for his fidelity to Church teaching on human sexuality:

Let me amplify that. This isn’t about the Archbishop. Our Archbishop is simply being faithful to the teachings of our Lord and Savior. He is doing his job. He is being our shepherd. This is an attack on the Body of Christ as a whole, and that means every one of us.

And the Archbishop deserves to know that the faithful stand with him. When he stands up for Christ, we must stand with him!

While I don’t imagine his Excellency is fretting over this, I also don’t imagine this is going to be pleasant. Even if the efforts of the “LGBT activists” are reasonably civil (let us hope), this is not something most of us would want to endure outside our places of work, churches, or homes.

I’m not sure the Archbishop would want me to, er, organize any letter-writing, but I don’t know why you couldn’t contact him and let him know he has your prayers and support.

May he wear it as a badge of honor. We’ll be praying for him this Thanksgiving weekend.

I support the archbishop in him being targeted, but someone smarter than I, please explain the following from the Archbishop in the Catholic Telegraph regarding LGBT support as outlined in the archdiocesan teacher contact:http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/archdiocesan-pastoral-council-discusses-teacher-contract/20304
“We have to be compassionate,” the Archbishop said. “Does this mean that a parent (who is a teacher-minister in an archdiocesan school) cannot attend a ceremony should one of his or her children choose to join in a same-sex union? Of course not; parents need to show their love for their children.”

Does this statement apply to both non Catholic teachers and catholic teachers alike, or only non catholic teachers? I think this statement from the Archbishop is profoundly wrong vis-à-vis Catholic teachers, and only plays to shallow sentimentalism. This is especially sad because sentimentalism is the main weapon used by the gay agenda to destroy the natural, traditional family.

Soooooo…. If my adult child, a baptized and catechized Catholic man, decides to go before a wiccan priestess at the local hotel banquet room in order to simulate the action of a sacramental wedding with his male college dorm mate Richard, it is ” compassionate ” for me to attend and “show my support?” If I were not to attend such a sacreligious event, would I be “uncompassionate” and not “showing my love” to my child? Wouldn’t Catholic moral teaching dictate that Catholics have an obligation to avoid such events? Wouldn’t the public witness of not attending an awful event outweigh lending the impression of your support for mortal sin? I know this consistent line of thinking is shocking to the modern mind, but ultimately, isn’t that what is required of Catholics, particularly Catholics with family and friends embracing same-sex attraction? Sounds kind of harsh, but we need to practice what we preach with integrity and consistency.

The statement, assuming reported accurately, is wonky. Unless a parent goes to a same-sex whatchamacallit wearing a placard saying, “While I love my child, I do not condone his entering an immoral and legalistic fiction of same-sex “marriage”, then the parent’s presence there cannot be construed as anything other than formal support of a manifest evil.

The line of thinking used by the archbishop is the same line of thinking that led Cardinal Dolan to say, “Bravo” regarding national football player Michael Sam “proudly coming out of the closet” and living in a public relationship with his “boyfriend.”
His Excellency and the Cincinnati archdiocese are obviously being targeted by the LGBQT folks for the rock solid minister contract being used in the school system. His Excellency deserves incredible credit for being strong in this regard. But he does us all no favors by playing into the liberal trap by accepting the liberal’s incorrect notion of compassion and mercy when explaining the Catholic teaching that underpins actions such as the minister contract.